Providence College
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Policies are in place to punish miscreants, from parking to drug use, but enforcement varies. Campus security will hand out parking tickets without hesitation, but they will very rarely conduct searches for suspected drug use. Usually, a warning is given before any penalties are assigned for offenses. If you are written up for an infraction, the fines are steep. A first time alcohol infraction costs a couple hundred dollars and a meeting with your Hall Director. A transport to the hospital for an alcohol related occurrence can be $1,000. The best way to avoid fines and writeups is to not break the rules, but if you are breaking the rules, avoid being blatant. Most agree that drinking is generally overlooked unless it is disturbing others. However, with various new alcohol policies, including the banning of hard alcohol on campus and a policy which states that any student over 21 may have no more than six beers in their possession at one time, students are on alert more than ever.

One rule the Providence students detest is parietals. Members of the opposite sex are not allowed in rooms after 12 a.m. during the week and 2 a.m. on the weekends. Although this rule is hardest to enforce in coed dorms, it is strictly enforced in all-female dorms, where the guest log makes it fairly simple to track down vagrant boys. Enforcement of college rules really comes down to the Resident Assistants, although Hall Directors and campus security will occasionally fill out reports, as well. Laid-back RAs are just as common as strict ones, so it’s really the luck of the draw. It is better to just be smart about rule-breaking.

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Campus Strictness at Providence College

ccomolli

Political Science and Government '13

4.6

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Fire Safety

PC had a big fire back in the 70's. They are extremelt strict with fire safety and overall dorm safety

May 03, 2012

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Campus Strictness at Providence College

rmuldoon

Marketing '16

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Accepted Student

I will be attending Providence in the fall and I'm unfamiliar with all the school policies.

Apr 26, 2012

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Campus Strictness at Providence College

ssudduth

Marketing '14

3.1

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Parietals

Providence College is extremely strict in several areas. To begin, they have absolutely no toleration for hard alcohol for anyone of any age. They is no partying on campus because they security guards and R.A's follow these rules so closely, which makes the student population go out off campus on friday and saturday nights. Besides this, at least for the dorm style buildings, they are a parietals rule, in that no one of the opposite gender may be in the dorms past midnight on weeknights and two a.m. on weekends. This makes it relatively difficult to hang out with mixed friend groups in girl/guy dorms. For all the girl freshman dorms, they have a security guard sitting at the dorm, just reinforcing this very strict policy.

Sep 22, 2011

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